Although the sale and consumption of alcohol on licensed premises is prohibited this Good Friday, a number of defiant pubs will be opening to serve food and allow visitors to the city to still soak up some of the good atmosphere. The Dublin pub is something that has been changing quite a lot in […]
read moreYou may have seen our article about the 8 ways to get served alcohol on Good Friday. Well, a 9th has just emerged. Well, maybe 8 1/2. Greyhound racing tracks have an exemption to the law prohibiting the sale and consumption of alcohol on licensed premises on Good Friday. Usually, Harolds Cross dog track […]
read more2017 Update: You can find the updated list for 2017 via this link. Has that law not been overturned yet? No. Not even for the 1916 commemorations? Nope. Ah well. Here we are, once again, with a list of ways to get around the Good Friday prohibition on alcohol. Some of these options are […]
read moreWe’re all familiar with the well worn discussion on the prohibition of alcohol on Good Friday in Ireland. Every year we publish a list of ways to get around the prohibition by finding legal means of buying alcohol or stocking up. These include buying an inter city rail ticket to drink in railway station […]
read moreMinister for justice Frances Fitzgerald said today on RTE radio that there wouldn’t be any lifting of the prohibition on selling alcohol in Ireland on Good Friday this year. Yesterday the publicans of Ireland ran a campaign aimed at promoting public support for the repeal of the prohibition and to highlight why they see […]
read more2017 Update: For the updated list from 2017, click this link. It’s the time of the year again when we’re forbidden from purchasing alcohol on Good Friday, when stag and hen parties from England spend a first disappointing day of their weekend on the dry, and when all the best house parties happen. Although […]
read moreThe Irish Independent reports this morning that the Licensed Vintners Association is lobbying the government to remove the prohibition on selling alcohol on Good Friday ahead of this years Leinster v Bath rugby match, which could be played on the Friday itself. The match will take place in the Aviva and should see a sizeable […]
read morePublin has been told that a message has been circulated to Publicans this week stating that it is the understanding of the Licensed Vinteners Association that the minister for justice is set to make a decision on whether or not to lift the prohibition on selling alcohol on Good Friday. They seem to think that […]
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2017 Update: For the updated 2017 version of this article, click here. It’s that time of year again when the opposing camps of ‘Can ye not go one day’ and ‘It’s an archaic practise’ battle it out to decide whether the good friday prohibition on selling alcohol is good practise or not. Whatever the outcome […]
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It’s that time of year again when the opposing camps of ‘Can ye not go one day’ and ‘It’s an archaic practise’ battle it out to decide whether the good friday prohibition on selling alcohol is good practise or not. Whatever the outcome of that argument, we have a list of places where you can […]
read moreClick this link for the 2016 version of this article. Year on year we deal with the same old road block of pubs having to stop serving alcohol on Good Friday. The law may be a relic from the past, but all is not lost. There are some loopholes that mean there are certain […]
read more1. Dublin has exactly 666 licensed pubs. Seems extra sinful now. 2. Quentin Tarrantino was once refused a pint from the Stag’s Head. He tried to pull the ‘Do you know who I am?’ card, but was rebuffed by the staff because it was after hours and one rule applies to all. 3. The Commitments […]
read moreFor the 2015 version of this article use this link. It’s that day of the year again where we must bow our heads in sobriety and reflect on how much we’ve spent consuming alcohol, and repent for the errors of our ways. The day before that is also known as the busiest off license […]
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